Cad and Cam

• CAM

  Computer aided manufacture (computers undertake the production of goods)
• Equipment used in CAM

  • Laser cutters
  • Water cutters
  • Milling machines
• Advantages of CAM

  • Quicker in producing components
  • Better accuracy
  • Better efficiency with computers not taking breaks
  • Can produce complex patterns
• Disadvantages of CAM

  • Expensive to set up
  • Need skilled engineers
  • Machines can break down
  • Loss of traditional skills
• CAD

  Computer-aided design (use of computer-based software to aid in design processes for 3D objects)
• Software + equipment for CAD

  • Onshape
  • Photoshop
• Advantages of CAD

  • Ideas are drawn + developed quickly
  • Can be viewed at different angles
  • Easier to design and test ideas
  • Files are sent instantly
• Disadvantages of CAD

  • Expensive to set up
  • Need skilled workers
  • Work could be 'hacked'
  • Computers can fail